The Stigma of Erotic Art

There are no awards given out for skilled erotic artists - artists who critically explore the mechanism of desire, and apply a technically proficient, aesthetic approach to expressions of human sexuality. The establishment draws a line between "art" and "porn", and though the public may quibble over where that line is to be drawn, it is most assuredly there, somewhere. But they will either laud you as an artist, provided you toe the party line, or, if you dare to challenge the establishment's view on sexuality, then they will condemn you as a pornographer, and do what they can to minimalize your visibility, and marginalize your work.

Shunned by the art community, your only recourse is the seedy underbelly of the villified and stigmatized porn world. But few pornographers care anything for art, or subtlety, or sensitivity, or substance. They are object-oriented, goal-driven, and myopically single-minded. My desire - my passion - is to apply a critical and artistic sensibility to erotic works, while not losing sight of the fun that is at the center of their purpose. I want to raise them to the level of an art form, and I have the vain desire for them to be treated as such. My goal is nothing less than a paradigm shift, yet I recognize that in my search for recognition I am destined to spend many years being ignored.